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Jonathan Torgovnik Stern Magazine
"Methamphetamine epidemic in America"


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At her mothers house, and after being up for five days on Meth, Linda (40) had to 'shoot up' a crushed pill of the pain killer Dulidid to 'bring her down' and enable her to sleep. After 'shooting up' the drug, It took her a few minutes to get back to a point she could speak. She just sat on the edge of the bad and stared at the wall. She did not move even when Ivan her sisters Teri 3 years old son was crying for attention on the floor right in front of her. The father Ivan is in jail serving a very long sentence relating to Meth drugs charges, and Teri does not want to have any contact with him ever again. Her children call Ricky 'uncle dad' as he is a father figure for them in the house. Ivan and Ethan are naturally exposed to this vicious cycle of drugs the family is in, resulting in them being neglected and ignored. As a result of the entire family abusing drugs, they are also not fed much and forgotten.
 

 

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